Improvement in toy-hoops



l. E. LOUGHBOROUGH.v

Improvement in Toy-Hoops.

No. 129,150. m Parentedxuly 16,1872.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OEEIcE.

- IEA E. Loueuroiuouen, or PITTsEoED, NEW Yoan.

IMPROVEMENT |N TOY-Hoops.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 129,150, dated July 16, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. Be it known that I, IRA E. LoUGEBoRoUGII,

of Pittsford, in the county of Monroe and State' of New York, have invented a Toy Hoop,7 of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a novelty for the amusement of children; and it consists in the employment of a trundlin ghoop, having an axial hub, by which it is pivoted to a handle, and upon it are arranged either iiXed or moving figures.

The drawing is a side elevation of my invention.

My invention is more especially intended for a political-campaign toy, and when used as such may be provided with moving igures representing opposing candidates.

A represents the hoop or wheel; B, the handle; C, the hub 5 D, the bar to which theigures or a portion of them are attached. The hub C is centrally suspended by means of suitable spokes, and it is pivoted to the handle B by a bent wire, which latter constitutes also the crank for moving the figures. The handle may be bifurcated, and the axial wire put through both legs, or it may be made narrow and attached on one side of the Wheel. The sliding bar D is retained in position by the staples s, and it is reciprocated by the pitman k from the crank c, or a zigzag or a cam might be used for the purpose, if desired, which would avoid the necessity of the pitman k. The figures or a portion of them may be attached to the bar D. rEhe handle B may be extended beyond the center of the hoop in front, and the toy-house h fixed to the end. This may be made to represent the Presidential mansion, and there may be iguresf and g to represent two of the contesting candidates for its occupancy attached to the reciprocating bar, the owner of the toy having his choice placed in advance, ofcourse.

One of the figures, d, may be made to oscillate upon a iiXed post, c, having the foot attached to the bar D. This might be made to represent the third candidate should there ,be one.

Witnesses y WM. S. LoUGEBoRoUGn, PATRICK'MCINTYEE. 

